On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:35:25 -0700 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 04/12/2015 01:33 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:> OK, thank you, I will > definitely consider Perl also, as I already know > > a little and have a few books on it. > > I'd advise learning one language well, where "well" includes security > best practices. Understand that learning any modern language takes a > lot of time and effort. So pick one that is good at solving the > kinds of problems that you are motivated to work on, because the > going will get tough and you'll have to find the tenacity to struggle > through. I can see the logic in that. The issue with that is that I need them for two separate things - I want to learn C to get a deeper understanding of how Linux works, and I was initially thinking about Python for sysadmin tasks that I can't or don't know how to do in shell scripts. Maybe Perl would be a better fit for the last, I was at some point thinking of learning _basic_ GUI programming, and a friend recommended Python for that. He is also the person I am most likely to go to for advice, so learning Python would be good, because that's what he knows. > On 04/12/2015 01:33 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: > > Unfortunately, [paid courses are] not an option for me. Books and > > online guides will have to do. > > I've learned several programming languages from books and articles, > interacting with other people, and beating my head against countless > KLOC's. Formal instruction can accelerate portions of the learning > curve, both by the experience of a guide (teacher) and by enforcing a > curriculum and schedule of assignments. You will want to find a > mailing list, forum, user group, etc., for whatever language and/or > problem domain you pick. I have found a lot of useful resources online, and have bookmarked the ones I'm most likely to return to. There are vast amounts of information out there :) Thanks for your advice, I think I should focus mainly on C for the time being, and try to improve on my shell scripting rather than worry about Python just yet. Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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